Statistics are based on the regional price parity index for each city, provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Regional price parities are regional price levels expressed as a percentage of the overall national price level for a given year. The price level is determined by the average prices paid by consumers for the mix of goods and services consumed in each region.

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Corpus Christi

Prices in Corpus are 7.4 percent lower than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $107,991

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San Antonio

Prices in the San Antonio metropolitan area are 6.1 percent lower than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $106,496

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Dallas

Prices in Dallas are 1 percent higher than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $99,009

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College Station

Prices in College Station are 5.7 percent lower than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $106,044

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New York

Prices in the New York metropolitan area are 22.2 percent higher than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $81, 967

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Seattle

Prices in the Seattle metropolitan area are 7 percent higher than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $93,457

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San Diego

Prices in the San Diego metropolitan area are 19 percent higher than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $84,034

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Phoenix

Prices in the Phoenix metropolitan area are 0.3 percent lower than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $100,300

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Philadelphia

Prices in Philadelphia are 9 percent higher than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $91,743

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New Orleans

Prices in New Orleans are 3.3 percent lower than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $103,414

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Miami

Prices in Miami are 5 percent higher than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $95,238

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Las Vegas

Prices in Las Vegas are 0.7 percent lower than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $100,705

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Indianapolis

Prices in Indianapolis are 6.1 percent lower than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $106,496

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Huntsville, Alabama

Prices in Huntsville are 8.7 percent lower than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $109,529

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Detroit

Prices in Detroit are 2.2 percent lower than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $102,249

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Cleveland, Ohio

Prices in Cleveland are 10.8 percent lower than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $112,107

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Houston

Houston is very close to the national average when it comes to cost of living - prices are about 0.7 percent higher than the national average.

$100,000 feels like $99,304

Want a quick raise? Take your salary and move it to College Station, where a $100,000 paycheck is worth $6,740 more in rent, goods and services, according to each city's cost of living data from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

If you want that $100,000 to stretch even farther, try Cleveland, where it's worth $12,803 more. That's Cleveland, Ohio, not the one that's close by.

Parities are regional price levels expressed as a percentage of the overall national price level for a given year. The price level is determined by the average prices paid by consumers for the mix of goods and services consumed in each region.

Click through the slideshow to see what $100,000 really feels like in Houston and other cities in Texas and around the nation.